Did a Texas man confess to a murder he didn’t commit?

一名德克萨斯州男子是否承认了一件他没有犯下的谋杀案?

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2022-02-19

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When 52-year-old Larry Driskill was questioned by Texas Ranger James Holland in 2015, he thought he was helping police solve a cold case. But within 24 hours, Driskill confessed to a murder he says he didn’t commit. He’s now in prison. Maurice Chammah spent a year looking into this case and others like it for the Marshall Project. He spoke to Apple News Today host Duarte Geraldino about the techniques used by law enforcement that can result in false confessions.
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  • This is in conversation from Apple News Today.

  • I'm Duarte Geraldino.

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  • In early 2015, Larry Driscoll was working at a barn in Parker County, Texas, when a Texas Ranger named James Holland approached him.

  • Driscoll asks Ranger Holland, am I in trouble or what?

  • And Holland says, no, we.

  • We think you might be able to help us.

  • Driscoll agrees to help.

  • He gets into Holland's car, and the two drive to the sheriff's office.

  • They sit down in a small room.

  • Holland pulls out a photo of a woman, and then he asks Driscoll if he recognizes her.

  • She don't look familiar to me, period.

  • I ain't never seen her.

  • The woman in that photo is Bobby Sue Hill.

  • In 2005, she disappeared in Fort Worth, Texas.

  • Her body was found in a creek less than a mile from Driscoll's home.

  • At the time, every lead went nowhere.

  • The case went cold.

  • That is, until nearly a decade later, when Driscoll became a suspect.

  • Within 24 hours of talking with Ranger Holland, Driscoll said something that to this day, he can't believe came out of his mouth.